If you're trying to get on the blog via www.elementsofstyleblog.com it'll be down for a bit today as my new blog is installed! Should be cleaner,s impler and easier to use so hang in there!

A graphic Audrey canvas would go on the wall above the bed in homage to my style guru.  Laura mentions that we would probably both have Robert Pattinson posters up considering we both are obsessed with Twilight, even as 30 year olds. I would vote that we go all the way and get the life size stand up cut out to share. So he could serve a purpose (as all items in a small room should) we could use him to keep all our necklaces and scarves on. Thanks Rob!
This fun little mirror would go above the desk to assist in primping for a night out on campus and nearby a little zebra (it is ME after all) bulletin board for pics and reminders.

Thanks for the post suggestion Laura (her room redo here)- I only WISH our room could have looked like this then!

Can I persuade you, dear readers, to vote for me as a favorite style blog on Divine Caroline's Awards? There's a button to the right over there you can click to do it or just go here!
It would make my day! :)

Not only did Seleta post a lovely bit about our meeting and her visit to my city, but I also was sent a gorgeous piece by Diane James Home for my upcoming birthday (it now lives on my bedside table)! Kindness from strangers (and those no longer strangers) makes the world go round!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. I hate to report that Brimfield was such a disappointment this year- truly a sea of mostly knick knacks and much less cool furniture than last year. There were some redeeming items (lots of vintage jewelry- my friend Amanda got the coolest antique brooch), and it's always fun to go, but it seems that poerhaps even the economy has hurt antique dealers. I am going to try to go in September, since I think that might be the better show. Anyways a few snaps:

This booth had some great stuff- but a lot of it looked reproduction:

A week of lovely mentions- a big thank you to the editors at Jezebel for their coverage of my "Domino Replacement" post, Philebrity for their La Ronda plug, and to Paloma at La Dolce Vita and Frou Frou Fashionista for blessing me with awards and Layers of Meaning for making me the feature in her brilliant "Through Her Eyes" series! :)

Wishing where I was blogging from looked like this- walls of windows and a clean desk!

A big thanks to Marichelle at Heart Handmade for interviewing my husband for their "Other Half" series- it's genius! Andrew is the strength and calm behind my blog and business (and puts up with my complaining/freak-outs/obsessions) and deserves recognition! Check it out!

My pal Paloma over at La Dolce Vita has launched a great new website for design addicts to discuss ideas and projects called Decorum Design Forum- log on and check it out!
Gotta love everyone's efforts to make the world wide web a place to find great inspiration!

A big thanks to Jessica at The Love List for featuring my home today on her "Blogger Home Tour" series. Go check it out, even though you've all seen plenty of my house!

Blogging is the best thing I've ever decided to do (besides starting my company). I"ve met some seriously awesome, cool,and talented people, gained many an exciting client, get to utilize my creativity every day, and because awesome people like Emily at Orange Beautiful surprise me with things like this! ** Or because my BROTHER SENT THEM TO ME WITH NO GIFT TAG! Oy. I feel like an arse. You know what they say about assuming... Well, I change the last reason to "I love blogging because it makes it so easy for people to shop for me".

I love having this blog as a way to bounce ideas of my "ideal client"...lucky me!
I am finally in the process of redoing those faux bamboo chairs I bought (painting them glossy white as we speak) and am wondering about an upholstery fabric color- I know the most buyer-friendly color would be a neutral- either tan or espresso- but I can't help but want to to put salmon/melon or green on them! Would that deter you from buying? Let me know your thoughts!

Reclaiming Miss Havisham featured my collection of unique objects in her "Things We Save" series, which posed the question "what do you have that keeps your home looking like a Pottery Barn catalog?"....Thanks!!!!

My blog buddy Jen, an amazing photographer and prop stylist in LA, managed to get her polaroid blog mentioned in Domino and on Martha Stewart's Bluelines blog! A big congrats! For some weekend entertainment, check out her Flickr pages- totally inspirational, peaceful and again only solidifies my need to relocate to LA.

Anne at Annechovie sent me a comment after my post yesterday and "tagged" me. The rules are as follows: I need to list 5 random and weird facts about myself on this blog and then tag 5 other bloggers to have them do the same. Well, being relatively new to the blogging community I only have 3 blogger buddies. Isn't that sad? I need to cyber-schmooze more.
There are lots of random and weird things about me, but here are 5:

1) I met my husband on Match.com almost 6 years ago. When it wasn't cool...or normal. And my mother thought I was going to end up "chopped up in the trunk of a Camaro".
2) I was probably the only kid who actually loved lima beans.
3) Everyone assumes I am a neat freak, but am actually a slob. My hubby is the neat one. Creative types cannot thrive in rows and folded stacks- or that's what I like to tell myself.
4) I live across the street from Joey McIntyre's mom. New Kids fans, rejoice. My husband likes to see how fast I can run to the window by yelling "Joey's home!". Andrew's seen him, but never me.
5) I read 5 celebrity gossip blogs first thing every morning with my coffee. Shallow and gross, yes, but hey, it's a better vice than crack.

My three little blogger friends are:
Liza Cohen
Courtney Pyle
Sarah Gemba